This handbook delivers a useful introduction to the European Union through an in-depth analysis of the legal system of the European Union. The analysis is complemented by a survey of the evolution and structure of the Union and its institutions.

Detailed characteristics that make up the European Union
The text analyzes the legal order of the European Union, dealing with the issues of jurisdiction, the particular characteristics of Union law, the composition and instruments of formal and informal Union law and the autonomy of the Union legal order. It describes and...